Line #13 Characters/TheStalker


1	'''Warning: contains some unmarked spoilers'''
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3	[[folder: Characters introduced in ''The Stalker'']]
4	!! The Stalker
5	The persona taken on by the killers.
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7	%% * AxCrazy: But of course.
8	* BlackEyesOfEvil: Always has these.
9	* {{Determinator}}: Nothing short of a bullet to the head in most cases will stop the Stalker from trying to kill everyone within the vicinity.
10	* EvilPhone / HarassingPhoneCall: His usual modus operandi is ringing people up repeatedly and not saying anything…shortly before murdering their asses.
11	* EvilWearsBlack: Constantly wears a black long-coat and black ninja mask.
12	%% * {{Expy}}: Of [[Film/{{Scream}} Ghostface]].
13	* OffscreenTeleportation: Does this a lot.
14	* StalkerWithoutACrush: He’s not called [[WhatItSaysOnTheTin the Stalker]] for nothing. Though it will occasionally overlap with StalkerWithACrush, depending on a particular killer’s motive.
15
16	!! Katie Barcley
17	The main protagonist.
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19	* ActionSurvivor: Bordering on ActionGirl.
20	* TheAlcoholic: For a short period after The Stalker, she reveals she became a HardDrinkingPartyGirl to cope with the grief and trauma, though she got better after moving in with Emma.
21	* BadassTeacher: In the third film, where’s she headmistress of the local school.
22	* BerserkButton: When Tracey refers to Richard as her father, she slaps her and says “Never call that man my father”. [[spoiler: Somewhat understandable, given that Richard both tried to kill her and actually isn’t her biological father as it turns out]].
23	* BrokenBird: By the end of the first film. She becomes even more broken over the course of the series, culminating in a mental breakdown at one point, but she still manages to try and live a normal life.
24	* CartwrightCurse: [[spoiler: Both her boyfriends are killed]].
25	* ChildByRape: [[spoiler: Revealed to be one]].
26	* CoolBigSis: To Holly. Also acts as one to Lori.
27	* FireForgedFriends: With Annie. The two start out disliking each other (or at the least, Annie doesn’t like her), but they become friends after helping each other escape the killer [[spoiler: and having to work together to escape the mental hospital after being framed for the killings]].
28	* FirstLove / HighSchoolSweethearts: Adam is her’s. She dumped him shortly before the first film after finding out he cheated, though they get back together by the end. They’ve technically broken up by the events of The Stalker 2, though they clearly [[NewOldFlame still have feelings for each other]]. [[spoiler: Nothing comes of it, unfortunately, due to Adam dying]].
29	* FinalGirl: She has all the traits of one, although there’s actually usually at least one other survivor (although all bets are off as to whether they’ll survive the next film).
30	* HeroicBSOD / SanitySlippage: She has a complete breakdown after the events of The Stalker 3 (which is hardly surprising), ending up in a mental institute. She gets better.
31	* HeterosexualLIfePartners / ThoseTwoGirls: With Jen [[spoiler: until she died]]. Also with Emma [[spoiler: until she found out she was one of the killers]].
32	* IconicOutfit: Sort of. She’s known for constantly wearing [[PinkMeansFeminine pink]] nail varnish, making her instantly recognisable to viewers.
33	* LawOfInverseFertility: [[spoiler: She reveals that after sleeping with Adam in the first film, she [[TeenPregnancy got pregnant]]…which was pretty terrible timing considering everything. Then, just when she decided to clean up her act and be a good mother, she was knocked down by a mugger one night, causing her to miscarry – in hindsight, she believes either David of Emma was the ‘mugger’, due to only them knowing about her pregnancy]].
34	* NearDeathExperience: In the third film finale, she’s stabbed and severely injured by the killers, but is confirmed to have survived in the next film. And this isn’t counting her numerous other close calls.
35	* ObliviousAdoption: [[spoiler: She grew up believing Richard was her father, only for it to turn out her father was a guy who drugged and raped her mother, with Tracey persuading Richard to act as Katie’s father and leave her oblivious to spare her the pain]].
36	* RavenHairIvorySkin: Has this look.
37	* SecondLove: Steven Strode in the third film. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, he ends the same way as Adam]].
38	* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: Of the original Ridgecrest massacre, due to everyone else dying subsequently, and of the Pleasantview killings (Emma also lived, but seeing as it turned out she was in on it the whole time, she doesn’t really count]].
39	* TraumaCongaLine: Pretty much every movie just adds to this for her.
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41	!!Jennifer Yates
42	Katie’s best friend.
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44	* AffectionateNickname: Jen.
45	* CantHoldHisLiquor: She passes out after getting drunk at Tom’s party.
46	* TheCutie: She’s very sweet, friendly and a loyal friend to Katie.
47	* DecoyProtagonist: Downplayed. Due to her being the first major character to appear onscreen and the amount of screen time she gets in the first film, she was believed by many to be the main protagonist. [[spoiler: Jen actually dies near the end of the first film]] and Katie is revealed to be the main protagonist.
48	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Katie.
49	* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Poor Jen gets [[CruelAndUnusualDeath hacked up by a meat cleaver]]]].
50	* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: She’s the last person to be killed in the first film (besides the killers), leaving Katie and Adam to face the killers]].
51	* WhatTheHellHero: When Katie keeps complaining about her brother, she points out that Adam was genuinely upset when he heard she'd been attacked.
52
53	!! Adam Yates
54	Jen’s twin brother and Katie’s ex, who still carries a torch for her.
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56	* AngstySurvivingTwin: [[spoiler: After Jen is killed at the end of the first movie]].
57	* BigDamnHeroes: In the first film he [[spoiler: bursts in and shoots Richard just as he is about to murder Katie]].
58	* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Dies in Katie’s arms at the end of the second film]].
59	* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: In the first film, he is stabbed and seemingly killed by the Stalker, only to reveal himself as alive when he bursts in and shoots the killer to save Katie]].
60	* FirstLove / HighSchoolSweethearts: With Katie. Becomes a NewOldFlame in the second film [[spoiler: but it goes nowhere due to Adam dying]].
61	* NiceGuy: Well, aside from the whole cheating thing and making a tasteless joke about the murders.
62	* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: Dies taking a bullet for Katie]].
63	* TallDarkAndHandsome: Has this look.
64
65	!!Tom Matthews
66	Jen’s boyfriend and Adam’s friend. As a child, he was best friends with David.
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68	* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: How he dies]].
69	* DiedOnTheirBirthday: [[spoiler: He orchestrated the killing spree at his own birthday party before he ultimately gets shot and killed by Richard once he [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Outlived His Usefulness]]]].
70	* TheDogWasTheMasterMind: [[spoiler: He’s revealed to be one of the killers, although it’s implied Richard was the true mastermind]].
71	* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: [[spoiler: {{Exploited\|Trope}}. He uses his birthday party as the staging ground for the climactic finale, which ends in a bloodbath]].
72	* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: His motivation for killing Adam. And [[InsaneTrollLogic everyone else]]]].
73	* NiceGuy: Seems to be one, being protective of Jen and calling out Adam for making a tasteless joke. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out he’s one of the killers]].
74	* StalkerWithACrush: As it turns out, to [[spoiler: Katie]].
75	* TeensAreMonsters: At seventeen, [[spoiler: he’s revealed to be one of the killers. He also stalked Katie prior to that]].
76	* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: His motivation for helping Richard with the murders is to try and win over Katie, believing that with [[InsaneTrollLogic Jen, Adam and all their friends out of the way, they’ll be free to be together]]]].
77	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Richard kills him once he has Katie in his grasp]].
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79	!!Kristen Strode
80	A friend of Katie, who is killed at the start of the film.
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82	* AffectionateNickname: Kris.
83	* DumbBlonde: WordOfGod is that she can be a bit of one. In the actual film, her running up to her balcony (which is a dead end) rather than calling the cops or running to a neighbour’s house wasn’t the brightest idea…
84	* {{Expy}}: Of [[Film/{{Scream}} Casey Becker]].
85	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Apparently has one with Alex, who was so distraught when she learnt of her death she went into a HeroicBSOD.
86	* KilledOffscreen / GoryDiscretionShot: Her death is depicted as such.
87	* SacrificialLamb: Her death (and her boyfriend’s) kick-starts the whole plot.
88	* ShoutOut: Her name is apparently a ShoutOut to [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Laurie Strode]].
89	* SlashersPreferBlondes: She’s the second person to die and the first person to die onscreen.
90
91	!!Alex Turner
92	A friend of Katie and Jen, and Kris’ best friend.
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94	* GenderBlenderName: Her first name is apparently just Alex, rather than being short for anything.
95	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Apparently had one with Kris. She was so distraught when she learned she’d been murdered, she ended up in a foetal position in the corner of her room, incapable of going to school or even answering her front door.
96	* HeroicBSOD: Spends most of her screen time going through one due to her best friend being murdered (whom she was talking to on the phone only an hour or so before it happened).
97	* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler: The last we see of her is the killer sitting in the backseat of her car. She’s not definitely confirmed to be dead until the third film, where her name appears on the memorial for victims of the Ridgecrest massacre]].
98	* TrueBlueFemininity: She wears a blue shirt and blue jeans.
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100	!! Richard Barcley
101	Katie and Holly’s father.
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103	* ArchnemesisDad: [[spoiler: He’s revealed to be one of the killers in the first and third films, and the GreaterScopeVillain of the second]].
104	* {{Expy}}: Of [[Film/{{Scream}} Neil Prescott]]. [[spoiler: Ironically, Neil spent much of the film being suspected of being the killer but actually turned out to be innocent. The opposite is true in Richard's case]].
105	* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Revealed in the third film to have been faking his death for ten years to plot his revenge. Lori makes sure he doesn’t come back again by shooting him in the head]].
106	* GoodParents: He appears to be a loving and devoted family man, coming to rescue Katie when he hears about the murders. [[spoiler: Or not, seeing as he’s the killer]].
107	* HappilyMarried: He and Tracey were [[spoiler: until he turned out to be a serial killer]].
108	* HeterosexualLifePartners: He and Sheriff Harris are very good friends [[spoiler: to the point where Harris helped him fake his death, tended his wounds, hid him and helped him commit murder]].
109	* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler: Tries repeatedly to kill Katie (though as he reveals, she’s not his biological daughter and he doesn’t regard her as such) and later doesn’t seem too concerned when his accomplices try to kill/severely injure Holly]].
110	* TheResenter: To [[spoiler: Katie]], because [[spoiler: her [[ChildByRape very existence]] ruins his ‘perfect family’ in his eyes]].
111	* TheUnfavourite: [[spoiler: He reveals he despises Katie, due to the fact she’s not actually his daughter, but the result of his wife being raped, and so is ‘ruining’ his ‘perfect family’, whilst he regards Holly as being his “princess”]].
112	* WalkingSpoiler: For the first and third films in particular.
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114	!! Holly Barcley
115	Katie’s younger sister and the secondary protagonist of The Stalker 3. [[note]] She appeared in a deleted scene and is mentioned in the first film [[/note]]
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117	* DamselInDistress: Whilst being chased by the killer in the supermarket, she gets cornered but is rescued by Lori. And again, when she gets taken captive in the climax.
118	* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: It’s revealed in [[TheBusCameBack The Stalker 6]] that she actually survived her apparent fatal stabbing in The Stalker 3, but has been in hiding]].
119	* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: She survived her apparent fatal stabbing and has been in hiding]].
120	* GuiltComplex: She blames herself, or feels that other people blame her, for the fact [[spoiler: her father was the original Stalker]] and also blames herself for [[spoiler: Clare’s death and her mother being injured]].
121	* HeroicBSOD: Has a brief one when [[spoiler: Clare]] is killed.
122	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Clare and Lori (in particular the latter).
123	* RebelliousSpirit: She sneaks out of the house to meet up with her boyfriend even though Katie expressly told her not to leave…whilst [[TooDumbToLive there’s a killer loose]]. [[spoiler: Though, seeing as the killer actually breaks into her house whilst she’s out, this worked in her favour]].
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125	!! Tracey Barcley
126	Richard’s wife and mother to Katie and Holly. [[note]] She actually appeared in a deleted scene and is mentioned in the first film [[/note]]
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128	* HappilyMarried: To Richard. [[spoiler: Until she finds out he’s a serial killer to tried to murder her daughter]].
129	* HeroicSacrifice: In the third film, she begs Katie to let her die in place of Holly to save them. [[spoiler: Seeing as Holly is apparently killed anyway, it appears to be a SenselessSacrifice…until it’s revealed Holly is alive after all]].
130	* LadyDrunk: She copes with her depression by, as Katie puts it, “getting hammered”.
131	* LadyInRed: Spends much of the time wearing a red nightdress. [[spoiler: Including when she [[LittleDeadRidingHood gets killed]]]].
132	* ParentsAsPeople: PlayedForDrama. After the murders, she becomes depressed and [[ParentalNeglect neglects]] her daughters. She outright apologises to them for not being “the mother they deserve”. Prior to this, though, she seemed to be a loving mother, comforting Katie when she was depressed over the events of ''The Stalker''.
133	* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler: It’s revealed she became pregnant with Katie after being drugged and raped, but convinced her husband Richard to be a father to her. That didn’t turn out so well…]]
134	* RavenHairIvorySkin: Has this look, with Katie taking after her.
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136	!!Jason Owens
137	Kris' boyfriend and the first victim.
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139	* BitCharacter: His only distinctive trait is dating Kris and getting killed first (which doesn't even happen on-screen).
140	* {{Expy}}: Apparently of [[Film/{{Scream}} Steve Ortiz]].
141	* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The only time he actually appears on screen is when the upper half of ''his torso'' is dumped on Kris' porch to freak her out.
142	* IronicName: Given that the series contain various [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] to slasher films, it's ironic that someone named ''[[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]]'' winds up the first victim.
143	* KilledOffScreen: We only see [[NothingIsScarier the aftermath]] of what the killer did to him.
144	[[/folder]]
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146	[[folder: Characters introduced in ''The Stalker 2'']]
147	!! Emma Lively
148	Katie’s childhood friend, whom she moves in with after the events of the first film.
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150	* ActionSurvivor: In the second film and to a lesser extent in the third film.
151	* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Fully deserved getting a TV dropped on her head by Katie, after betraying her and stabbing her sister]].
152	* BadassTeacher: In the third film, where she works as a teacher at the high school. [[spoiler: Revealed to be an EvilTeacher in the end]].
153	* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: And ''how'']].
154	* CoolBigSis: To her cousin Christie and implied be one to Holly, Lori and Clare.
155	* ChildhoodFriends: With Katie.
156	* DamselInDistress: At the climax of the second film, she gets taken captive and tied up by the killer, leaving Katie to rescue her. The same thing happens in the climax of the third film.
157	* DumbBlonde: Averted. She’s far from stupid.
158	* FinalGirl: Along with Katie in the second film.
159	* FireForgedFriends / TrueCompanions: After surviving the events of ''The Stalker 2'' together, she and Katie are closer than ever. [[spoiler: Or not, seeing as she was planning on betraying her the whole time]].
160	* {{Greed}}: [[spoiler: One of her primary motivations for helping Richard is to become rich and famous by passing herself off as a FinalGirl]].
161	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She’s very kind and supportive of Katie. [[spoiler: Subverted. She’s actually in on the murders]].
162	* HeterosexualLifePartners / ThoseTwoGirls: With Katie. [[spoiler: Until it turned out she’s working with the killers]].
163	* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: After Katie negotiated to save Emma and Holly, reluctantly leaving the other hostages to die, Emma reveals her true colours by ''stabbing Holly'']].
164	* ShipperOnDeck: Ships Katie with Steven in the third film.
165	* SiblingYinYang: She’s a NiceGirl whilst her brother [[spoiler: is revealed to be one of the killers in the second film]]. [[spoiler: Of course, it eventually turns out they were actually [[SiblingsInCrime working together]]]].
166	* SlashersPreferBlondes: Averted. She survives the second film. [[spoiler: Actually being in on the plot tends to help]].
167	[[/folder]]
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169	[[folder: Characters introduced in ''The Stalker 3'']]
170	!! Lori Yates
171	Adam and Jen’s cousin, Debbie’s niece and Holly’s best friend. She becomes the main protagonist of the films alongside Katie after ''The Stalker 3''.
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173	* ActionSurvivor: Lori is pretty much the ultimate ActionSurvivor in these films, being one of the only people who can successfully fight back against the killer (even unarmed) and rightfully earning her place as the main protagonist alongside Katie.
174	* BrokenBird: Following the events of The Stalker 3 and 4, she is just as broken as Katie (if not more so).
175	* CartwrightCurse: [[spoiler: Her boyfriend Tim dies. Then Brendan dies after they sleep together]].
176	* CombatPragmatist: Utilises a nearby golf club (twice!) to knock down the Stalker.
177	* DamselOutOfDistress: Most of the time she’s in danger, she’s able to get herself out and save other people too. [[spoiler: The only exception is when she’s abducted by the killers at the end of the fifth film]].
178	* {{Determinator}}: Even after being [[spoiler: tied up and stabbed]], she manages to get free, attack the killers and put a bullet in one of them.
179	* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In the four months since The Stalker 4, she changes her hair from her usual more glamourous style to a straighter, messier style. (Fans were actually pleased by this, due to Lori’s hairstyle being mocked or derided for being too old fashioned before and frequent calls for it to be changed).
180	* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Attractive with light blonde hair. Tim, [[spoiler: Brenden]] and her punters at the strip club are all attracted to her.
181	* FanservicePack: In ''The Stalker 5'', she becomes a stripper, wearing skimpy clothes and doing sexy dancing.
182	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Played straight.
183	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Holly. [[spoiler: To the point where after her death, she feels guilty for sleeping with her former boyfriend]].
184	* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: She began working as a stripper shortly prior to The Stalker 5.
185	* ImperiledInPregnancy: [[spoiler: In the fifth film, especially after being kidnapped by the killers]].
186	* LawOfInverseFertility: [[spoiler: The first and only time she had sex with Brendan, she got pregnant]].
187	* LikeADaughterToMe: To her aunt Debbie.
188	* TheMourningAfter: Zig zagged in The Stalker 4. [[spoiler: After her boyfriend Tim dies, she doesn’t date anyone else for a whole year. She seems attracted to Brendan and sleeps with him, but immediately regrets it, saying she still loves Tim and thus feels like she’s betraying him and Holly]].
189	* {{Nephewism}}: She was raised by her aunt Debbie due to her mother being a drug addict, stating at one point that Debbie is “more of a mother to her than that woman ever was”.
190	* ParentalNeglect: She was raised by her aunt due to her mother's inability to care for her, due to addiction.
191	* ShoutOut: Her name may be a ShoutOut to [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Laurie Strode]]. Her life's just as screwed up as that Laurie's as well.
192	* TroubledButCute: In the fourth film and especially the fifth film.
193	* WhiteShirtOfDeath: In the third film, she wears white a lot. [[spoiler: Subverted -- she herself actually survives getting stabbed, though other people around her aren’t so lucky]].
194
195	!!Brendan Cain
196	Holly's boyfriend.
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198	* DistressedDude: In the climax of ''The Stalker 3'', he spends a lot of it knocked out in the bathroom. And then when he breaks out to try and help the protagonists, he almost immediately gets shot and Lori has to save him. He did succeed in knocking down [[spoiler: Officer Harris]] though.
199	* FireForgedFriends: With Lori after the third film.
200	* GenreBlindness: In the fourth film. Yep, we're totally sure these new murders have ''nothing'' to do with the other killings!
201	* HighSchoolSweethearts: With Holly.
202	* InTheBack: [[spoiler: Stabbed in the back by the killer in the fourth film]].
203	* NearDeathExperience: In the third film's climax.
204	* RedHerring: In the third film climax, he's the only one of Katie and Holly's friends not tied up with the others, suggesting he's one of the killers. Katie even gives his name when the killers ask her who the accomplice is. However, it turns out he's actually just knocked out in the bathroom, presumably to be [[FrameUp framed]] for the killings.
205	* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: One of the last people to die in the fourth film]].
206	* SecondLove:[[spoiler: He seems to have feelings for Lori in the fourth film and sleeps with her]].
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208	!!Clare Gates
209	Holly and Lori's close friend.
210
211	!!Tim Walker
212	Lori's boyfriend.
213
214	!!Steven Strode
215	A local cop in Ridgecrest, Kris' brother and the new LoveInterest of Katie.
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217	* AlliterativeName
218	* BirdsOfAFeather: He and Katie both lost people in the Ridgecrest Massacre.
219	* DistressedDude: [[spoiler: In the climax he is taken hostage by the killers]].
220	* FairCop: He's a decent-looking cop and Katie is certainly attracted to him.
221	* GuiltComplex / MyGreatestFailure: According to WordOfGod, he became a cop partly out of guilt he couldn't protect his sister.
222	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Urges Katie to let him die to save her family in the climax]].
223	* NiceGuy: He's very supportive and understanding of Katie.
224	* PoliceAreUseless: A bit harsh perhaps, but [[spoiler: he spends the climax tied to a chair. And then gets stabbed]].
225	* SecondLove: For Katie.
226	* SecretRelationship: With Katie, as she doesn't feel ready to go public with it yet. He's understanding.
227	[[/folder]]
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229	[[folder: Characters introduced in ''The Stalker 4'']]
230	[[/folder]]
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232	[[folder: Characters introduced in ''The Stalker 5'']]
233	!! Annie Yates
234	Lori's older sister.
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236	* BigBrotherBully: She can be pretty mean or rude to Lori at times.
237	* FireForgedFriends: She doesn't much care for Katie and makes sure she knows it. However, she warms up to her as they help each other escape the Stalker.
238	* FreudianExcuse: It's implied her {{Jerkass}} behaviour is the result of her rough childhood, growing up with a drug addict for a mother.
239	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being rude and insensitive at times, it's made clear she does truly love her sister.

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